Ive been doing deadlifts with dumb bells , its not real heavy yet as im focusing on form. The thing that im finding is holding on to the Dumbells as i up the wieght becomes difficult( ive got a strong grip ). Also i dont feel like im working the muscles in my butt , but the the muscles in the front of my legs, how can i improve on this? thanks

Deadlifts do not really work the butt unless you take a pretty wide stance and get your butt low to start the pull (aka sumo deadlifts).

If you have a strong grip as you say, then you shouldnt have a problem. My guess is, you may have a strong crushing grip or some other form of grip strength while having poor isometric strength (just holding a weight). You can fix this by just holding for time etc. There is no one grip strength; there are various types and they can be trained separately.

Hook grip is good but can be painful to learn and if you want grip strength anyway, you might as well practice that as well until you start deadlifting 200+ lb dumbbells.

I was able to learn the hook grip fast, and it helped a lot. Now I only need straps on shoulder shrugs, but no longer on deadlifts. What helped? A nice set of batting gloves. They have added cushioning along the joints and along the length of the thumb, which helps the hook grip.

Just pointing out that I didn't jump into the hook grip without some equipment. It's not that easy to learn as it is.

For my grip I like standing pronated EZ curl bar (behind the back) wrist curls rolling down the length of the finger.

His exercise is probably difficult because not using the hook grip and continuously holding the dumbbells in that way is tiring. The grip doesn't get a chance to rest at all during the motion. As compared to say, BB curls. I found personally that the hook grip helped with a BB but helped astronomically more with DBs. They feel light as a feather. I'm not sure why the slight desparity exists actually.

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